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The Grid 2: Blueprint for a New Computing Infrastructure

Ian Foster, Carl Kesselman

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Preface Foreword 1. Grids in Context 2. Computational Grids I Applications 3 Distributed Supercomputing Applications 4 Real-Time Widely Distributed Instrumentation Systems 5 Data-Intensive Computing 6 Teleimmersion II Programming Tools 7 Application-Specific Tools 8 Compilers, Languages, and Libraries 9 Object-Based Approaches 10 High-Performance Commodity Computing III Services 11 The Globus Toolkit 12 High-Performance Schedulers 13 High-Throughput Resource Management 14 Instrumentation and Measurement 15 Performance Analysis and Visualization 16 Security, Accounting, and Assurance IV Infrastructure 17 Computing Platforms 18 Network Protocols 19 Network Quality of Service 20 Operating Systems and Network Interfaces 21 Network Infrastructure 22 Testbed Bridges from Research to Infrastructure Glossary Bibliography Contributor Biographies

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Preface Foreword 1. Grids in Context 2. Computational Grids I Applications 3 Distributed Supercomputing Applications 4 Real-Time Widely Distributed Instrumentation Systems 5 Data-Intensive Computing 6 Teleimmersion II Programming Tools 7 Application-Specific Tools 8 Compilers, Languages, and Libraries 9 Object-Based Approaches 10 High-Performance Commodity Computing III Services 11 The Globus Toolkit 12 High-Performance Schedulers 13 High-Throughput Resource Management 14 Instrumentation and Measurement 15 Performance Analysis and Visualization 16 Security, Accounting, and Assurance IV Infrastructure 17 Computing Platforms 18 Network Protocols 19 Network Quality of Service 20 Operating Systems and Network Interfaces 21 Network Infrastructure 22 Testbed Bridges from Research to Infrastructure Glossary Bibliography Contributor Biographies

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Preface Foreword 1. Grids in Context 2. Computational Grids I Applications 3 Distributed Supercomputing Applications 4 Real-Time Widely Distributed Instrumentation Systems 5 Data-Intensive Computing 6 Teleimmersion II Programming Tools 7 Application-Specific Tools 8 Compilers, Languages, and Libraries 9 Object-Based Approaches 10 High-Performance Commodity Computing III Services 11 The Globus Toolkit 12 High-Performance Schedulers 13 High-Throughput Resource Management 14 Instrumentation and Measurement 15 Performance Analysis and Visualization 16 Security, Accounting, and Assurance IV Infrastructure 17 Computing Platforms 18 Network Protocols 19 Network Quality of Service 20 Operating Systems and Network Interfaces 21 Network Infrastructure 22 Testbed Bridges from Research to Infrastructure Glossary Bibliography Contributor Biographies

Key concepts: Computer science, Testbed, Supercomputer, Grid computing, Compiler, Blueprint, Operating system, Instrumentation (computer programming)

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